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St Patrick’s Festival Birmingham final programme announced

Upwards of 90,000 people expected to attend Digbeth festivities.







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Review: Silence

Jessica Harris is at Birmingham Rep for a powerful Tara Theatre production.





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Announcing Hello You! The Janice Long Bursary

Long-running festival announces award to support new and emerging musicians.





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Students to host cancer charity event

Think Pink to raise awareness.





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Commonwealth Games expands presence at Brindleyplace

Games organisers moving into new city centre premises.





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Turning inconsistency into an artform

Dave Woodhall on Villa's up and down week.




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To lose once may be unfortunate…

Dave Woodhall gets Wilde about Villa's FA Cup defeat.




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Socially distanced cinema to reopen at Millennium Point

Classic films brought back on the giant screen.





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DESIblitz Film Fusion Festival 2022 ready for launch

Showcasing Punjabi, Pakistani, Kashmiri, British and World films.




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Brian & Roger Eno announce concert film

Exclusive footage of brothers' only live performance to have Midlands screenings.




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Local Bollywood Dancing Queens perform for our Diamond Queen

Thousands of people cheered Queen Elizabeth II during a trip to Stamford and Burghley House earlier this month




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Councillors call for action on drug problem in Erdington

Conservatives demand council and police act on growing menace.




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The Anatomy of Melancholy

First stage adaptation of Robert Burton’s 1,500 page “first self help manual” published in 1621




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Birmingham to host major international music industry conference

Pivotal 2018 to take over Jewellery Quarter in September.




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Remembrance service held for city homeless

Taking time at Christmas to remember homeless who passed away in Birmingham.




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UK first for West Midands anti-violence strategy

WMCA bosses appointed as champions to tackle violence against women on public transport.






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Breakthrough for emergency services

West Midlands CARE Team join Blood on Board initiative.







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Ambulance Trust to roll out body cameras

Figures reveal rise in the number of assaults on West Midlands ambulance staff.




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Ambulance service to receive additional funding

£5.6 million boost as Trust at its busiest ever.




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Keneish Dance Company presents new contemporary production

New production exploring themes of regeneration to receive premiere.




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Festival of dance in celebration of Spaghetti Junction

A celebration of Spaghetti Junction and the communities that surround it.





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Coventry conference demonstrates the business benefits of digital technology

Businesses in the region are being encouraged to find out more about the importance of the growing digital economy at a free event taking place at Coventry University in January.




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Leading health reporters converge on Coventry for international conference

Health journalists are being urged to join some of the leading writers in their field for a major industry event at Coventry University later this year.




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Get fighting fit and help cancer charity

White collar boxing training offered to fundraisers.




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Solihull Summer Fest 2025 announces headliners

Ali Campbell and Bananarama to star at Tudor Grange Park.




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Black Country employment scheme launched

Funded training launched to help people at risk of or recently made redundant.




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University aiming to increase diversity in music employment

Midlands survey launched to help make music careers available to everyone.




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Birmingham screening of “97% owned” shows the root cause of the financial crisis

With the Eurozone crumbling and billions being allocated to bank bailouts, financial stability might seem out of reach.




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Friends vow to reverse Council decision on Lottery bid

The Friends of Moseley Road Baths are dismayed to learn of Birmingham City Council’s decision not to submit a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for work to the Baths building, which would secure its long term future.




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Arts Connect announce latest grants

£130,000 invested in arts & cultural opportunities for young people.




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Longbridge announcement shows governments should “listen to local voices”

Claim by Birmingham MP.